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Traders Press, New York. Near Fine. 1987. 1st edition. 1st ed. 24mo, 2-5/8”x3”,78 pp. Limited to 2500 copies. Print ed at The Little Press of Jack R. Levien. Bound in pictorial boa rds depicting a 10,000 mark note, paper label on frontis. ,Engrav ed half-title and frontispiece, b/w photos, and with several char ts recording the daily value of the mark in relation to the dolla r from 1919 to1923. A near-fine copy. Small, light stain on the f ront cover label, prior owner’s book seal at bottom of ffep. .

Edinburgh: privately printed by E & G Goldsmid . Good. 1885-1886. 1st edition. A Collection of Epitaphs and Inscriptions, interesting either fro m historical associations or quaintness of wording (2 Vols.). . inburgh: privately printed by E & G Goldsmid 1885-86. 12vo. 54; 48pp; Limited to 275 copies. head and tail-pieces, title-pages pr inted in red and black. One of 275 small paper copies (total edit ion of 350). Printed parchment paper wrappers. A two-volume comp ilation of graveyard epitaphs. Condition: Good; covers soiled and toned, that of volume I chipped and partially split at spine. In terior clean and bright overall, with soiling to half-title and t itle page of vol 1. .

Nairobi: The East African Standard Ltd.. Good. 1932. 1st ed. 1st ed. 4to (11 x 15.5 inches). 166 pp. Library binding, orange c loth. With original pictorial covers bound in. Hundreds of period photographs and advertisements illustrate East African agricultu re, hunting, architecture, natural history, sports, etc. [Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar]. This was the second year of publ ication. Ex-libris Paramount Pictures Research Department with the film studio’s ink stamp and library pocket inside front cov er. . nterior very .

San Francisco: : A. L. Bancroft & Company. Fair. Hardcover. 1878. 1st edition. 1st ed., 8vo, original black cloth with a mariner’s compass blo cked on upper cover, leather spine and corners. 324 pp. [16 advt s] + one leaf with a Mariner’s Compass inserted between pages [ 8]-9 and four pages of testimonials inserted before the title lea f. Profusely illustrated with charts and nautical tables. Captai n Edmund McNevin was born in Ireland left for the US in 1847 on T he Great Western. For nearly twenty-five years he commanded a var iety of ships. He moved to San Francisco in 1874 and opened a sch ool for Navigation. This is one of several authoritative nautica l works he published. . r to covers, large 2” chip missing at top of spine. Text block is clean and tight overall, with only occasional light soiling or foxing. The insert at front has McNevin’s business stamp at upper right. “E. McNevin, Marine… Read More

Hale, Cushman & Flint, New York. Very good. 1929. 1st edition. FULL TITLE: A Handbook on Hanging: Being a Short Introduction to the Fine Art of Execution, and Containing Much Useful Information on Neck-Breaking, Throttling, Strangling, Asphyxiation, Decapita tion and Electrocution; As Well as Data and Wrinkles for Hangmen, an Account of the Late MR. Berry's Method of Killing and His Wor king List of Drops; To Which Is Added a Hangman's Ready Reckoner and Certain Other Items of Interest; All Very Proper to Be Read a nd Kept in Every Family . , 1929. First Edition. 16mo; Black cloth with printed spine label . 129pp + hangman's "Ready Reckoner" drop chart at back. Patterne d gallows endpapers. Lacks dust jacket. A satirical handbook on h anging and other methods of capital punishment. Hailed as a "mino r classic" by Dylan Thomas, the book was reprinted in 1999 under the NYRB Classics imprint. Spine label chipped, otherwise a VG-ne ar fine copy. .

London, The Leadenhall Press for Henry Sotheran. Good.. 1893. 1st ed.. 8vo. Original half linen over blue boards, decorated spine and co ver; pp. [viii], 43, 15 (advertisements) ten hand-colored engravi ngs; A facsimile of the 1815 publication “Letters from France: written by a Modern Tourist”, re-using the original copperplate s which were then destroyed. A humorous look at life and society in Paris during the brief period Napoleon's was on Elba. 'Who the author was is doubtful; but the writer [Henry Sotheran] has hear d his father say that he was one Benjamin Rotch, a Middlesex Magi strate' (from the preface). No. 250 of 250 numbered copies, signe d by H.C.Millard, Secy. Front cover stained and soiled, lesser di scoloration to back cover, spine toned. Otherwise very good with text block clean and tight. . wn of J.B. Findlay [1904-1973], a noted historian and collector o f magic. Findlay had over 6,000 books and pamphlets in his collec tion and was… Read More

Paris: Adolphe Elahays. Fair. Hardcover. 1860. 1st. First edition, first printing. (1859 on title page; 1860 on front wrapper) . ound in. Color plates engraved on steel by Ch. COLIN after RAFFE T. . olored plates by Raffet. Text in French by Eugene Fieffe. The co lor plates show the uniforms of the various regiments of the Impe rial Guard; frontispiece of Napoleon in uniform on horseback. Th e last 80 pp. are a list of all the officers of the Imperial Guar d in 1813, the composition of the Guard on Elba Island, text of t he decrees relating to the Consular and Imperial Guards, the tabl es of pay and allowances of the Guard, as well as the description of its uniforms. . pt, with the film studio’s seal and library pocket residue insi de the front cover. Typical library ink markings on pine. Ink sta mp of United Costumers, Hollywood on the front wrapper title page -- the book obviously used for costume design research. . Condition: Fair; Covers well worn, chipped at corners and… Read More

Sacramento: H.S. Crocker & Co, Steam Printers and Stationers. 1869. 1st ed.. 8vo, cardboard covers with advtg, 275 pp. Lists of Post Offices on the Pacific Coast, Money Order Offices, General Directory, City Business Directory, State Offices, Sacramento City Government, County Directory, local history and statistics, hundreds of advts. Ex Libris William Neely Johnson, with his signature on p 13. Johnson was Secretary of California's Board of Land Commissioners, was the State's second appointed State Librarian [an interim appointment for 4 months in 1870], and brother of Gov. John Neely Johnson [1856-1858]. Condition: Fair. Covers heavily worn; damp-stained at lower right front; rear board was very heavily damaged but was professionally restored. Spine is modernly rebacked in black morocco to match the original leather, gilt titles. 6 pages of advertisements in the front are on thinner paper and somewhat worn, but still in good shape and fully intact. Three leaves in the back with marginal… Read More

London: Imperial Publications. 1990. 1st ed., illustrated boards, 8vo. 485 pp..Pristine hardcover edit ion. A guide to identification and values. New copy; issued with out dust jacket. Numbered and signed by both author and illustrat or. [edition size unknown but believed to be 500] .

Brooklyn, NY: Merganthaler Linotype Co. Fine. 1930. 1st thus.. 12mo. One of 400 copies printed in Linotype Granjon on Kelmscott hand-made paper. Quarter parchment with marbled paper-covered boa rds." Reprint of the original which was published in Frankfort in 1568. Six engraved illustrations representing the printing trade s: the printer, bookbinder, type-founder, papermaker, draughtsman and woodcutter as well as the original verses by Hans Sachs, a p opular Nuremberg poet. With an additional leaf loosely laid in sh owing the text of two short letters to the publisher explaining t he disposition of two copies of this book to the Bodley library. Pristine copy. .